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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-03

provisions. The House indefinitely
postponed the bill on motion of Mr. FIJI
hngim, of Escambia, by a vote of 45 and
90 and Mr.. Tippin's motion to reconsider
and to table the motion to reconsider
cIinched the whole matter, greatly to
the disappointment of its adj
vocates and several grave and
powerful Senators who lObbied
strenuously for the bill with the
members. Mr.. Strom, of Gadsden, made
the only speech against the bill. 1t was
SO good that there seemed nothing more
to be said. Applause greeted the an
nouncement of the result. CHOATE.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-03
Tired of the Great strike.

CHICAGO, June 2.-The Master Ma
sons Associations have issued long
document, addressed to bricklayers and
stonemasons, appealing to them as indi-
viduals to formulate some plan for the
settlement of the present difficulty. Ii
sets forth the platform adopted by the
contractors and builders, and asks the
men to form union on the same basis
upheld by their employers. and then ar
bitrate any difficulties that may arise.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-03
EXTENDING THE QUARANTINE.
Jacksonville Requires Health Certifi
Gates from Southern Points.

Special to the Pdlatkd Netcs.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA, June g. The
Jacksonville Board of Health, this after
noon, decided not to permit any passen-
ger from Tampa, st. Augustine, Cedar
Keys or any point south to come into
Jacksonville without a health certificate
from the mayor of the respective cities
or the clerk of the County Court, and
also quarantined unconditiona'ly agairst
Key West.
Four new cases are reported in Key
West. CARTER
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-03
Died with His Hand on the TrOttle.

BIRhiNGHAM. ALA, June 1.-Two
freight trains collided, this morning.
four miles south of CalerO. ON the Louis
vile and Nashville Railway. Engineer
Howard Rowe and Fireman Burton (col-
oredD were killed outright. as was also a
negro tramp, while another tramp was
fatally injured. Rowe died with his
hand on the throttle. The trains were
badly wrecked. The accident is attrib-
uted to a faulty time piece of one of the
conductors
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-03
Alabama's Crop Prospects Good.

MONTGOMERY. ALA, June 2.-The Ad-
rertiser publishes crop reports from
forty special correspondents. covering
all sections of Alabama. The reports
are almost unit in agreeing that the
prospect for corn and cotton is the best
for years at this season. A good deal
rain has been falling everywhere for two
or three days. but no damage is done as
vet, and but little fear is expressed of a
serious wet spell.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-03
Weakness of the French Cabinet.

LONDON, June 2.-Paris press COM
ments indicate that in the Left groups
there are one hundred and fifty deputies
against Rouvier, and therefore that he
will be unable to increase his Repub-
lican majority of eleven, and any meas
ure that would ALLEVIATE the support of
the Right would make :he Cabi-
nets existence very precarious. Rouvier
hopes to effect a retrenchment of
SIXTY TO eighty million francs from the
estimates of the Ministers of war, Ma
rine and Public Works. He also hopes
10 gain four million francs 10y establish
ing a revenue police to repress the prac-
tice of domestic distiling which is extern
sively prevalent in Normandy. The sue
cess of the scheme is doubtful as the
Norman deputies will refuse to support
a measure likely 10 deprive them of their
seats,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-03
,u tie there Next Year.

WASHINGTON. j. zee = Fhty-three
most offices will receiy e the benefit of he
free delivery system Ju,'&~ 1. by reason of
the cities having attained iopui,''oi'
of ten thousand, or the post oices i'''|
ing returned a revnue of so, ,s"' OF over
during the past year. The S''u'ih,' Il
cities thus benefited, are Penss'coia' H.
Fla: Columbus, Ga: Jackson. Merlu0 0'h
and Vickshurg. Miss, and Staunton,
Va. Several post offices, some OF them
Presidential offices, will be abolished by
this change because of the consolidation
of neighboring towns
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-03
Queen Kapiolani Arrives at Liverpool

LONDON, June Queen Kapiolaui
and suite arrived at Liverpool, to-day.
A royal salute was fired ~ her honor.
rhe mayor and a guard of honor, com
posed of police and soldiers, met the
royal party at the wharf and escorted
them To the Northwestern Hotel in state
procession. Queen Kapiolani will pro-
ceed to London on Monday.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-03
Eyicting again at Bodyke.

DUBLIN, June 2.-The evictions at Bo-
dyke have begun again, the sheriff hav-
ing recovered from his illness. The
sheriff is protected while doing his work
by force of six hundred policemen and
troops. At Un- house in ..rhich the in
mates We're barricaded. the officers
made a hole through the wall with crow
bars and then removed the furniture.
There is great excitement in the dis
trict.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-03

ATHENS, Tenn, June 2.-There was a
great sale to-day, at Athens, the first of
the East Tennessee interior towns to fe FL
the effects of the present revival through
out the South. Eighty-seven thousand
dollars worth of lots were sold at auc-
ton, insuring the erection of new cotton
and wooden mills at a cost of $500, 600
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-03
VIII Debate the French Army bill.

PARIS, June Elm the Chamber of
Deputies, to-day, Bishop Freppel moved
that the debate on the Army Bill be post
ponded until the next session. The
question was dangerous, he said, from a
foreign point of view and France should
not exhibit the weakness, of the
army now under the full work of reor-
ganization.
Premier RouvIer declined to allow a
postponement of the debate. He said
that the Government intended to
maintain the measure as a necessity in
the interest and for the honor of the
country. Applause from the Left and
Center.
The motion was rejected by vote of
Ii6 to 60.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-03

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, June 2.-The
latest investigation seems to show that
Judge of Probate Follett, whose disap-
pearance was mentioned in these dis
patches yesterday, is not only thief but
a forger. His defalc alton is not less than
$50 900. Several bank certificates are
held here to which Follett is said to have
forged signatures.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-03
The Vessel was not burned.

HAMBURG, June 2.-The cargo of the
steamer Annie, from New Orleans,
which was burned on Tuesday night
during the big confiagration here, was
stored in one of the burned pier sheds.
The report that the steamer was burned
is erroneous.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-03

NEW 1Ufk fftfHIHs
1t is reported that the bills for the re-
ception of Queen Kapiolani in Boston
show that "2O0 gallons of liquor were
consumed by the 100 guests" That is
only two gallons apiece, which proves
that Boston is rapidly becoming a pro-
hibition city. Ii must not, however, he
called The Hub" any longer, but
rather The Tub"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-03
Says the Masses Would Suffer Most.


LONDON, June 2.-Mr. Chamberlain,
responded to an address presented Ia
him by the Liberal Unionists of Man
chester, to-day, warned the working
classes against the falseness of Glad
stones statement that Home Rule was
an issue between the classes and the
masses. Ii was not the classes that
would suffer most by the success of the
Gladstone policy. Such success would
destroy the country and ruin the work
ing classes. He believed the majority
of the people were now SO well aware of
the dangers menacing them that the next
general election would result in an over
whelming disaster to the GladstoD'an
partisans.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-03
A Steamboat Burned.

NEW ORLEANS, June 2.-The steam
boat Queen City. owned by the New Or
leans and Bayou Teche Steamboat Com
pany. was burned this morning. The
loss amounts to $4,000, with an insur-
ance of $40 900.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-03
May BE the Man.

oll thy Deffick.
An Iowa man has secured a patent on
a fifth wheel for a wagon. / is suspect
ed that this fellow began this business by
inventing the Interstate Commerce act.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-03

RALEIGH, N. c., June 2.-P. NJ. Hale,
long the leading editor in this State and
for a while a resident of New York city,
as a member of the firm of E. j. Hale
& Sons, publishers, died in Fayetteville.
this afternoon, after a long illness of
cancer of the tongue. He was 50 years
of age.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-03
PampOlla Papal Secretary OF State.

ROME, June 2.-The Osserratore RO-
mdno announces the appointment of
Cardinal Pampolla as Papal Secretary of
State.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-03
To Ipspee, AIabama.s state Troops.

WASHINGToS. June 2.-Second Lieu
tenant John F. Thompson, Third Artil-
lery. has been ordered to attend the en-
campment of the Second Regiment OF
the Alabama State Militia near Mont
gomery, Aha, commencing June and
to inspect the troops.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-03
The RouI,aix Fire.

PARIS, June "A later estimate places
the loss by the burning of the cotton mill
of the Masuer Company at Roubaix, yes
serday. at $500 900 francs. Two hun
dred employees are thrown out of en-
ploy yment.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-03
Fatal Epidemic i'm Edgefield. Co.. 5. c.

7 AUGUSTA, GA, June "A fatal cpl
demic of some kind IS raging in the
Good Hope section of Edgefield County,
South Carolina. Both of the local ply
sicians are prostrated and medical aid is
badly needed. There has been one or
more deaths in this little community
every day for week.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-03
Why should lie +!

Laramie toomefung.
The Missouri militia has disbanded-
all except the adjutant general. who
refuses to disband as long as he can draw
his salary at Jefferson,
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-03
Ex-Vice President Wheeler Dying.

MALONE, N. ", June 2--Ex-N ice
President William A. Wheeler Il dying.
He is unconcious, and while he may live
several days, his death might occur at
any moment
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-03
Amity Between France and the Vatican

ROME, June 2.-The French Govern
ment has telegraphed To the Vatican APP
proving of the appointment of Mon
seignor Rotelli as Papal Nuncio at Paris.
Rotelli has been instructed to endeavor
to restore the amity between France and
the Vatican.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-03
The Opera Comique Fand.

PARIS, June 2.-The fund for the re-
left of sufferers 10y the Opera Comique
fire now amounts to 400, 900 francs.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-03

House Cleaning at the White House.
WASHINGTON, June 2.-The White
House is being thoroughly renovated and
repaired during the absence of the Presi-
dent and Mrs Cleveland.
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-26
Remarkable CiviIity in Paris.

The manner In which civility grows and
houIisheS in Paris during the month of De
cember is very remarkable Your concierge
who is more likely than not to be very dis
obllging ten or eleven months out of th.
year, will begin to put on gracious manners
in the first days of December, and will be
come steadily more gracious, more smiling
more anxious to serve you, until she has re
ceived on or about New Years day the objec,
she has had in view in e1pending upon you
whole months civility. All manner of PEG
pie are Oh the lookout, for etrennes show you
various little attentions as the year is draw
ing to close which they forget 10 show al
other times.
4 favorite bit of strategy is to give yUu ar
almanac. so that by the time the new year
opens You are in position to hang a calen
dar in each of your rooms and offer some
more to your friends. People whose occupa,
tons you know nothing about, or would
rather know nothing about, look up between
Christmas and New Years day and inform
you of the duties they have been in the hahi
of performing for you as well as others. Al
together, the new year Is a very bad time fol
those whose incomes are as tightly fitted Il
normal conditions of existence as hoop is ts
barrel. Il is no wonder that some people
actually run away from Paris for a month OF
SIX weeks to escape the etrennes season. -
Paris Cor Boston Transcript
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-26
The Accident Insurance Craze

Accident insurance has made a steady
running growth during the present year, and
seems to he a popular craze, know Of can
vassers who are taking in as high as twenty
policies a day. All railroad men are COINS
into it, and l find the workingmen following
Men who can carry regular insurance or
their lives only take accident policies vher
going on journeys, but poor men, who can
not afford regular premiums want some
guarantee Of support if disabled Speaking
about insurance, this branch Of insurance hs,
gone into many peculiar manifestations Die
you know tina. railroads insure more thar
other corporations!
Railroad cars are all insured. and the com
panies figure very close-so close that there
is not much profit in it, the only iuducelneut
being the large amount that can be taken
owing to the TO small quantity Of property
that can be destroyed AZ oua time. Thea
there are tornado policies that have a large
area OF country to cover. When a cvcioas
strikes district, the company's sgents catch
all the farmers There are also tornado com
panies, which insure against loss b. wind
There used TO be live stock companies. but
several ot them failed so easily that the others
los. Confi3eGce Il was easy enough 70 insure
an animal, but it was rct 50 easy % Identify
a dead beef or sacep as the same che insured
Then YOU can get window plate gas insured
well, I may say, anything Of any value.
--GlQpe~ Ie.losr rat
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-26

A few minutes after midnight Mr.. Paul sits
down ut table in his cafe with two nicely
roasted birds before him and a crowd Of club
men at his elbows. He picks the bones clean
and then seals them up in an envelope. Two
witnesses sign their names and the date. The
TOP Of Mr. Paul's safe looks like miniature
postoffice with its mountain Of bullying en-
velOpes.
a got along with the quails finely" said
Mr.. Paul, until last Sunday. Then my
stomach began TO go back on me and l felt
rather rocky. For the last four days my skin
has begun TO smell of quail. Curious, isn't
it, But it's true. smell just like quail l
didn't begin to taste quail until two days ago
That's the hardest thing about the match. l
hate the taste of the legs. II quails grew
without legs I think I could eat 500 in a
month The legs are the gamiest part, and
when man has eaten all the quail that he
really cares for and must eat more be revolts
ut the legs
There is one curious effect that quail eat
ing has had upon me- Tn chock full of phos-
phorus. You know that quails contain a
great deal of phosphorus When | go into a
dark room and blow my breath out hard can
see a sort of luminous mist, just if was
some sort of a ghost. | thought that this
might upset my nerves in some way and pre-
vent me from sleeping soundly, but the fact
is that my wife has been sick for a fortnight
and have not more than three or four hours
sleep a day Naturally 1 sleep soundly."-
New York Herald
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-26

The new invasion of the south continues,
and not a day passes without a party of
northern visitors invading this section for the
purpose of inspecting its advantages. The
other daY the western lumbermen'S excur-
sion, consisting of several hundred of the
largest lumber dealers in the west and north
west, were examining the splendid forests Of
central Alabama; another party, from New
England, was being carried diagonally
through the iron districts of Alabama and the
pine region of Mississippi; while third party
Iowa, Illinois and northwestern capitalists
WIS inspecting the resources of the Yazoo
delta
This is the story OF one day, and includes
only the larger parties backed by large capt.
tai. making these Investigations with view
10 possible investments. Our southern specials
give account of numerous smaller parties
touring through the south with a combination
OF business and pleasure in view; and as for
single individuals, there IS scarcelya southern
paper which comes TO Us without number of
personals telling how Mr.. A, of New York;
Mr.. B. OF Boston, or Mr. c, of Chicago, is in
town inspecting the lands or water powers
and seeing the adaptahility Of the surround
ing country for mining, factories, farming or
stock raising. We are evidently IN the midst
of an era of great investment, which must tie
inevitably followed by an era OF great devel-
opment infinitely greater than the develop
ment now under way-New Orleans Times
Democrat
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-26
A Kansas Preachers Scheme.

The following is copy Of a letter recently
received from man in Kansas in the Office
of prominent claim agent of this city:
Sir want to ask you to find me boy.
1 am willing to enter into duplicate contract
with you, allowing you s25 for your trouble
want a boy, strictly white, not over years
of age nor under Is months / want him to
be of good blood, though he may come
through disgraceful channels, indeed
that is the source from whence I expect hun.
l want his parents or those having him at
their disposal to invest at least $1,000 in a
good piece Of western land, let the title be in
any party they may select, but allowing me
the free use and benefit Of it (by keeping
taxes paid up until the child (boy) is 81 years
of age, it being stipulated in the agreement
that, should the boy live to DO FL years of age,
then the land be his; ut should he die in his
minority, then the land would revert to some
one else, and would give possession. I be-
lieve these are about the conditions am will
Ing to take the child, raise it as my own, treat
it as my own, educate it as my own l have
but ono child; it is a girl. am 40 years Of
age, am a local preacher in the Methodist
Episcopal church, and have no home, and
think this is a lawful and Christian way to
get one The SOS would pay out of my own
pocket If you will undertake to find the boy
send blanks for duplicate contract. Respect
fully, REV -.n-Washingt Star.
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-26
A Paris Detectives Shrewdness.

1t is SO seldom that detectives in real life
actually do anything very clever that it is
worth while recording their achievements,
however slight, when they show some degree
of ingenuity and devotion The hero of this
story is Detective Blusset For two or three
weeks he had been watching three men whom
be suspected Of practicing crime by the theft
of teams and wagons left standing in tie
street. With a brother detective, GARNER,
Biusset day or two ago saw the three thieves
following a wagon loaded with four casks
Presently the teamster stopped ct a saloon
and went inside. Immediately the thieves
got to work. Two of them remained on the
ground to keep watch, while the third mount
ed briskly to the drivers seat and drove rap
idly away. Leaving GARNER to see to the
arrest of the two watchers, which was soon
accomplished, Blusset set off on a run in pur-
suit of the flying wagon. 1t was not long
before he was blowing like porpoise under
the unusual exercise, and he began to think
that perhaps he would better give up the
chase when the horses became suddenly I'M
manageable and the wagon stopped The
animals in all probability were FESTIVE at the
sound of a strange voice directing them.
This was Blusset's opportunity, and, run
ming forward with an air of great good
nature, he assisted the thief to get the horses
under control. He could have arrested the
fellow then and there, but there was where
he showed his cleverness; he wanted to arrest
also the thief's accomplish, so he let the wagon
proceed again, after having received the
thanks of the driver for assistance But as it
rolled away Blusset climbed upon the steps at
at the tail board of the wagon, and squatted
nf 20
turn bis head When the thief finally stopped
it was before the establishment on the boule
ward Menilmontant Blusset quickly dis
mounted and retired. He saw the thief greet
the concierge of the establishment and with
his assistance begin to unload the casks.
The detective ran for policeman and with
the aid of the first one he met succeeded in
arresting both the thief and his accomplice.
1t is not often that a crime is so thoroughly
worked and all parties to secured at single
blow-Paris Cor. Philadelphia Times.
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-26
4 Curious Story.

A Jackson, Tenn special gives the follow
ing curious bit of information: here is a
shabby looking house on College street, in this
city, that has for years been occupied by
negro tenantsl 1t has two rooms and rents
for only IS per month, and yet one Of these
rooms is, or was enbellished with paper repre-
senting real estate now worth more than
S3,0o0,o00. The four sides were covered with
land grants belonging to one of the volumes
of the land Office for West Tennessee, that
has been missing since the war. Mr. John
". Gates, register of the land Office, has care
fully gathered up these valuable documents
and viii soon have them in shape for future
reference and preservation. One leaf repre-
SCENTS two grants, !, 200 acres on enc side and
$40 acres on the other side, and that, too, for
lands in a county where the old records Of
the county registers Office are burned--New
Orleans Times Democrat
Wichita eagle., 1887-04-26
AN AFFEcT!oNATE CAT.


a Maltese Thomas Which Shows Decid-
etily Canine Traits OF Fidelity.
1t is universally held that the cat cannot
experience sufficient affection for person 70
develop the passion of jealousy. which every
one knows is common enough in the canine
race. / am prepared to produce at least one
cat that viii dispute this aspersion Of It's kind
Il is a superb maltese thomas Of tie pur-
est breed and bears the name of Frisco,
conferred upon it as dinlinutive for San
Francisco 1t has been brought up from lit
tenhcod by its present mistress, and has de-
veloped all the traits OF fidelity common to
the dog It follows at its owners heels about
the house and even attempts to pursue her
when SIZE goes out. It watches for her return
at the door, and after any prolonged absence
exhibits sulkineSs at what it evidently regards
as unjustifable neglect. The only period Of
the day Or night at which it voluntarily
leaves her side is in the morning, when it
scratches at the maids door to wake her I'D,
and fawns upon her for its breakfast At all
other times it avoids the girl and will permit
no fondliag by her.
A few days ago stray kitten wandered
into the house and the women fed and fondled
it and permitted it the run of the place.
frisco was frantic and gave it battle at once
The kitten found the handsome basket in
which Frisco sleeps on a sheepskin mat, and
coolly took possession Of it. The owner Of
the basket tormented the air with back fence
lamentations. The interloper was reclaimed
next day, much to the satisfaction of Frisco,
who had spent most of the time splitting at it
or sulking in dark corner, where he could
watch it, growing necessarily. Since the
fateful hour at which the kitten had slept in
his basket he has refused to enter it. When
his mistress puts him in he speedily escapes
and hides himself. He follows her about as
usual, but whenever she makes the usual ap-
proaches to him he utters petulant NEW of
protest. The cat is as wild with jealousy as
any woman ever was, and is perfectly femi-
nine in the manifestations Of the passion.
He is at present being fed On tenderloin
steaks and broiled quail, in the hope that be
Will consent to make up and be friends again.
But he resents all advances, though he leaves
nothing of the quail but the bones,-Alfred
Tr7Inble in New York News.